Accounts in collection one with $0 balance - Affecting home mortgage!

[deeehood]

There are two verizon accounts showing on my credit report as being in collections, both with similar balances, open around the same time - one ending in 00001 and the other 00002. They're showing as being with Pinacle collections.

So I call Verizon to ask what these charges are from. Then they say one has a 0 balance and was closed, paid in full. It wasn't sold to Pinnacle. That's odd, I see it on my credit report as belonging to Pinnacle and having a 400 and some dollar balance. They sent me an email stating that the 00001 account is not my responsiblilty.

But they do say the other is a sub-account of that 00001 accoutn, that has been sold to Pinnacle, so they can't give me any information on that one.

Then I call Pinnacle and they say they have one account, the other was sold off to someone else - got his number. Call him, tell him I talked to Verizon and have an email stating I'm not responsible for that account because it has a 0 balance, not the 400 and some dollar amount he and Pinnacle are reporting it as. Of course he doesnt believe me.

So now I'm stuck - no one can give me proof that the 00001 account is paid in full. I have no idea what the 00002 account is - or which, if either,  is something I owe or have paid. 

I'm trying to get a home mortgage, but these accounts being in collections, is putting a hold on everything. 

I've talked to many customer service reps, the fraud department, and I'll be calling the legal department tomorrow. Isn't there someone who can resolve this? I can show my credit reports have the accounts on it, so obviously someone made a mistake somewhere along the line. 

[ElizabethS]

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